Rainbow caterlillar

crawling around on the terrace and rather difficult to get everything in focus with a macro lens.

I had trouble keeping Minky away from it too.

[Brigette]

wow! what a beauty

[Beryl Lloyd]

Waw! what a stunner ! fav

[Renee Salamon]

Spectacular little creature - think you’ve done a great job

[Babs]

It does look beautiful but are they poisonous? We have hairy caterpillars here that are quite toxic.

[Casablanca]

Eish! He is a spiny one. I imagine there are some toxins in there too! But oh, isn't he beautiful?

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful shot.

[Issi Bannerman]

What a great shot of this spiky fellow±

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a superb capture!

[Mags]

Neat patterns on this creature. Great shot!

[Brian]

Wow!. Such detail from the super sharp focus.

[Kathy A]

Amazing detail!

[Bucktree]

Excellent capture with such great detail. What a unique coloring on this beauty.

[Susan Wakely]

Beautiful colours and nicely captured.

[Pam]

I think it is an amazing macro. The detail on the spikes is fabulous!

[katy]

This is indeed, a beautiful critter as your tag suggests. I love the sharpness in the photo that shows all the details so well. FAV

[Elisa Smith]

Love the detail, especially the pin pricks of blue.

[Allison Maltese]

Fabulous spiky detail!

[Merrelyn]

Great detail.

[Lisa Brown]

amazing color and details

[Paul J]

Very interesting looking caterpillar and nice macro. I think I'd be afraid to touch this little critter though. And I wonder what kind of a butterfly it will morph into.

[Desi]

Eeeek! Well done

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful details in this.

[Carole Sandford]

Such lovely colours! I’m guessing it wouldn’t be a good idea to touch it! Just thinking that I don’t think I have seen a caterpillar here for a very long time & ours just tend to be green!

[George]

So beautiful.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Gosia]

So colourful

[Heather]

You're sure right about the rainbow colours, Diana! Well done! (and I think you mastered the focus) Fav

[Christine Sztukowski]

Fabulous close up

[gloria jones]

Wonderful details

[Rick]

Great shot.

[Diana]

@brigette @beryl @rensala @onewing @casablanca @wh2021 @jamibann @happysnaps @marlboromaam @briaan @kjarn @dkellogg @wakelys @pamalama @grammyn @nannasgotitgoingon @falcon11 @merrelyn @lisab514 @pej76 @seacreature @mittens @carole_sandford @gaf005 @elisasaeter @gosia @365projectorgheatherb @365projectorgchristine @seattlite @rickster549 Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@onewing I have no idea Babs, but looking at the bright colours it just might be ;-)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good shot- those spikes definitely say, "Do not touch!"

[Diana]

@olivetreeann Thanks Ann, I would not dare :-)

[Jo Worboys]

You've done a great job in the focus front !

[Diana]

@365projectorgjoworboys Many thanks Jo :-)

[Vesna]

Wonderful photo!